Scaling and Operating

company-building cliches that are true (so true, it's tempting to overlook them.) 1/ high-performing people are very responsive 2/ feedback is a gift 3/ the reward for good work is more work 4/ people don’t leave companies, they leave managers 5/ manage up, get face time 6/… Show more

I’m a fan of companies that operate like studios with the awareness that they’ll create a series of seasonal hits and try to capture value along the way. The assumption of seasonality could be wrong (and one or more of these hits endures much longer), but that ends up being a good problem to have.

most businesses don’t last forever, and they don’t need to.

The Silicon Valley small business, the SV-SB, is a hybrid of sorts — it intertwines small business values and discipline with big tech know-how and ambition.

• Founding teams may look like that of a “traditional” Silicon Valley startup. They’re native to Silicon Valley ethos, skills, and playbooks. But , beneath the surface, they’re different. You m

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